How to get the best shots from your Kicker day The snow has just fallen on the mountains, dusting the hills with pristine white powder and as any good snowboarder knows, it is best to hit the kicker within a few days after it's fallen. It is time to pack up your gear and tools to head up for some breathtaking vista, and heart pounding jumps. Grab your best hardworking…
The snow message is something that Connor Walberg and I do for Vail Resorts. Vail resorts is a huge corporation that owns eight resorts in the US and Europe. I decided to share my experience about the snow message, because it puts us in unique situations, and there’s always something to be learned. Since we are action sports photographers, I am sure that some of you do something similar for…
One of the most accesible places for learning to shoot snowboarding and skiing photography is the terrain park. It allows any photographer to capture great shots even if they don't have athletes to work with yet. On top of that, it will help you land athletes to shoot with for future shoots. Terrain parks are accessible to most ability levels of skiers/boarders from beginner to expert. They are also safer…
If you live on the North side of the hemisphere, you have probably noticed that the weather has been cooler, most mountains have good snow, and we finally got some snow in Colorado. It started as a really slow winter and the lack of snow is tough for all the ski resorts in Colorado. Copper Mountain (@ http://www.coppercolorado.com) was the first resort in North America to put up a legit…
Shooting into the sun will yield some incredible images. Once you know the technique, it's actually fairly easy to do!
There is nothing new about shooting skiing at night, but what's different in this photo is the double exposure. By that I mean that this photo was created from two different exposures. One for the athlete, and another one for the night sky, and the buildings. This technique works really well, because it creates a lot of depth in the shot. Instead of having a black backdrop behind the athlete,…